Editing Evil dinosaur

[[File:T-Rex.png|thumb|The evil dinosaur and its teal friend, preparing to eat Luigi and Yoshi]]
{{quote|We eat plumber, too!|Evil dinosaur|"[[Mama Luigi]]"}}
The '''evil dinosaur'''<ref>"''Mario invents the telephone so the cave people will have a "911" line for emergencies. But the cave people spend all their time talking on the phone and Dome City starts to fall apart from neglect. They're oblivious to everything -- even a rampaging '''evil dinosaur'''!''" - [[Koopa's Stone Age Quests]] back cover</ref> is a purple ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' that is a recurring antagonist in the ''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]'' animated series. It resembles a larger, more realistically-shaped version of a [[Rex]].
==History==
In the opening and ending sequences of ''Super Mario World'', the evil dinosaur crushes a [[Cave People|Cave Person]]'s dome shelter and attempts to eat [[Luigi]], who is saved just in time by a vine-riding [[Oogtar]].

In "[[Party Line]]", the evil dinosaur appears near the beginning of the episode. It approaches [[Mario]], Luigi, [[Yoshi]], and [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]]; the latter comments that he looks hungry. It walks past them when they hide behind a rock.

It returns later in the episode, rampaging through [[Dome City]] while the Cave People are distracted by their telephones. It is about to eat Oogtar, but when Mario tugs its tail, it chases him instead. Mario briefly winds it when he is flung from a vine. The dinosaur lunges at Mario afterward, but misses. It chews up several [[coin]]s that Mario pelts at it, then throws one back at Mario's head, dizzying him. Mario uses a [[Super Star|Starman]] to clamp the dinosaur's snout shut and launch it spinning like a tornado into space. It is last seen hurtling through a group of [[Wiggler|caterpillar]]s.

"[[Mama Luigi]]" shows that Luigi and Yoshi had met the evil dinosaur before. It and its teal friend, also a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', confronted them with intent to eat Yoshi. The dinosaurs ultimately could not reach their prey once Luigi jumped across a river of [[lava]]. In the episode, they are shown to be capable of speech.

==Trivia==
*In one scene in "[[Party Line]]", the evil dinosaur is briefly colored blue instead of purple.

==References==
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